Neville Goddard on Matthew 21:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 21 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

16And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

Matthew 21:12-17

Biblical Context

Jesus enters the temple, overturns the money tables, and declares it a house of prayer. The healing of the blind and lame follows, and praise arises as the scene shifts and he departs.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's reading, the temple is your consciousness and the traders symbolize restless thoughts and attachments to outer forms. Declaring 'My house shall be called the house of prayer' is a firm alignment with the I AM, the ever-present awareness. Overturning the tables represents a decisive inner revision that frees the space from bargaining with appearances. The healing of the blind and lame signals the inner faculties waking: sight returning to perceive truth beyond form, and movement returning to purposeful thought. The children's praise embodies spontaneous worship that arises when awareness rests in its natural state. As you cultivate this inner order, the old scene loses grip and you carry a quiet, confident sense of rest within, ready to meet the world from bethany-like stillness rather than from struggle.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume, 'I am the temple of God; my house is a house of prayer.' Feel the space becoming clear, revise the belief in outer control, and imagine the tables of doubt overturned, allowing healing light to fill the temple.